I can't say I'm familiar with this specific operation, but there are countless others out there with a similar modus operandi; in many cases the trainees feel short-changed.

So I've read countless books and watched many house flipping videos on youtube and I think im ready to get my first property.

The best advice I can give you, which is the same advice that @Brandon Turner, @David Greene, and countless podcast guest preach each week is this... you need to make a deal.

I have spent countless hrs researching this sudject.

And there aren't too many properties listed on the MLS in any region that are not also listed on the countless other listing web sites that everyone has access to.

In many cases deadbeat tenants can be bought off using the time tested "cash-for-keys" approach.I have used it countless times and it seems to always get a deadbeat tenant to pack up and move.Just be sure to get a signed document indicating that this deadbest is vacating the property and has returned the keys in exchange for the cash.

Well, @Bruce Woodruff, just because the previous countless attempts to outsmart free markets haven't worked yet, doesn't mean the next one won't. 

Around here there are countless people that have basic construction knowledge but aren't full contractors, if that makes sense.Don't be afraid to just bring someone in and get them going and see what they accomplish, you'll do better money wise than the yahoos out there What are the risk/ramifications of having someone screw something up? 

There are countless stories here on BP of folks who have created sufficient wealth/cash flow to quit their day jobs.

A couple of years ago there were countless story about bulldozing and demolishing the old abandoned houses and buildings.